Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus Molecular Biology and Oncogenesis
Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV), which was discovered as a milk‑transmitted, infectious cancer-inducing agent in the 1930s, has been used since that time as an animal model for the study of human breast cancer. Like other complex retroviruses, MMTV encodes a number of accessory proteins that both f...
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MDPI AG
2010-09-01
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/2/9/2000/ |